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Santa Anita, California

47 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Upper San Gabriel Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 91007. It stands on East Branch Arcadia Wash. The Survey maps it on the Mount Wilson quadrangle.

Santa Anita within Los Angeles County

Then and now

1894 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 101 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Santa Anita, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Santa Anita, surveyed 1894

Compare 1894 against another survey:

On record in Santa Anita

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

18 surveys from 47 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

330 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 330 fires within 5 miles of Santa Anita between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,475 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 40 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined168
Equipment and vehicle use43
Arson/incendiarism40
Smoking29
Misuse of fire by a minor18
Recreation and ceremony10
Debris and open burning8
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Fireworks3
Natural2
Other causes1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
5 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLos Angeles County Fire Departmentnot named
5 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
4 September 2002Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreAngeles National ForestELLIOT
30 September 1992Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAngeles National ForestWILDERNESS
3 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreLos Angeles County Fire Departmentnot named
3 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLos Angeles County Fire Departmentnot named
3 September 1996Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAngeles National ForestLUCKY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Los Angeles County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 39 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 39 workings within 5 miles of Santa Anita: 27 past producers, 5 producers, 4 prospects, 3 occurrences. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Clay, Silver. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Century Sand and GravelGold, SilverPast Producer
Simmons Brick Co.-Pasadena PlantClayPast Producer
Sunburst PitStone, DimensionPast Producer
Winter CreekMolybdenum, Gold, Silver, CopperOccurrenceBornite, Chalcopyrite, Molybdenite
Winter CreekCopper, Gold, Molybdenum, SilverPast Producer
Winter Creek GroupMolybdenum, Gold, Silver, CopperOccurrenceVein
Winter GroupCopper, Silver, Gold, MolybdenumOccurrenceBornite, Chalcopyrite, Malachite, Pyrite
Arrow Rock Co Duarte PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Arrow Sand & Gravel, IncSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Blue Diamond - Peck Rd PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspectSedimentary

Every working recorded in Los Angeles County

Storms near this place

1 since 2026

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Santa Anita in 1 storm report in 2026: 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 2026Flash FloodSanta Anita-Heavy rainfall generated flash flooding on Interstate 210 near Baldwin Avenue.

Every storm recorded in Los Angeles County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Arcadia0.9 miles47
Sierra Madre1.1 miles47
West Arcadia1.4 miles47
Chapman1.8 miles47
Lamanda Park2.3 miles47
East Pasadena2.4 miles47
Temple City2.7 miles49
Monrovia2.7 miles44

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 249027. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.